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Violence
Some
Murder mystery; student deaths
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild romantic elements; multiple LGBTQ+ characters including asexual protagonist
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The experience of returning from magic to a world where you don't fit; the grief of a door closing; asexuality normalized with care
What this book is about
Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children is a boarding school for young people who traveled to magical worlds—Fairyland, the Moors, the Land of the Dead—and came back changed. They don't belong here anymore but can't go back. When a student is murdered, Nancy (who just returned from the Hall of the Dead) must help solve it. Every Heart a Doorway is devastating, beautiful, and brief.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Murder mystery
Characters processing trauma from magical worlds
LGBTQ+ including asexual lead character
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